Read: 1Samuel 2:22-4:22, John 5:24-47, Psalm 106:1-12, Proverbs 14:30-31

So why do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings? Why do you give your sons more honor than you give me—for you and they have become fat from the best offerings of my people Israel! (1 Samuel 2:29)

Relate: For nearly all of my post college life I have been involved in youth or college ministry in some form or another. I’ve dealt with many rebellious high school and college students and their distraught parents. The accepted wisdom I’ve heard and passed on time and again is that, as a parent if they are living under your roof they must accept your rules. At some point they will step out on their own and become responsible for themselves. You can offer advice, love and support, and prayers for them but if they chose to walk away from God, if they chose to…